[1] Particular attention is given to the performance of works by young composers and those associated with the school of music including in recent years Uwe Grodd, Elizabeth Holowell and Dean Sky-Lucas.
In 1982, they received funding from Creative New Zealand and commissioned, Ritual Auras, from John Elmsly.
Other notable compositions commissioned by the company with assistance from Creative New Zealand have included Concerto for Six by David Farquhar, Mobiles III by John Young, Interior by Jack Body and The Structure of Memory by Dorothy Ker.
[3] Six Watercolours by distinguished New Zealand composer and baritone, David Griffiths was also originally written for the ensemble and was later recorded by the Ogen Trio and New Zealand Chamber Soloists along with works by, Gareth Farr, John Psathas and Michael Williams.
Concerts have also been presented at the Asia-Pacific Festival in Wellington, the University of Waikato School of Music and St Paul's Collegiate.